The Philippines reported 8,019 new COVID-19 cases on March 22, a new record high that came as the surge in cases continued for days now.

Despite the development, it is still up to the World Health Organization to declare whether there is already a community transmission of COVID-19 variants in the country, the health official said.

More than 100 lawyers on Monday wrote to the Supreme Court to propose amendments to rules on the issuance and service of search warrants in response to the killing of nine activists in bloody raids this month.

The delivery brings China's total donation to the Philippines to a million, after the 600,000 that was flown in on February 28.

Frontline workers in health facilities are at the top of the government’s priority list for inoculation.

"We need to tighten because COVID-19 cases have increased again. Mass gatherings put the people, their families, and communities at risk of contracting the virus," DILG officer-in-charge Bernardo Florece said.

Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta is officially hanging his judicial robes on Friday, at a time when lawyers are pinning their hopes for protection against continued attacks to the Supreme Court.

Aside from this, the exhausted and depleted hospital staff are worrying managers amid the surge.

The latest updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines and general community quarantine of economic center of Metro Manila and other areas across the country.

"I got the coordinates, so to speak. And relayed to my legal artillery, “Fire at will.” Shell should be flying at first light. I don’t usually announce maneuvers but it seems everybody is baring his chest," Locsin tweeted Sunday night.